help with wireless router

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tomo

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hi,

i'd like to purchase a wireless router. i'm totally green on that...
i have 100.0 Mbps LAN connection and because of a fact that i have a couple of laptops (in one of them 802,11b/g in the other 802,11g, i don't know how it is with ipod touch) and ipod touch and i'd like to get rid of the cables. i often stream, upload large files.
sorry in advance for lame questions...

1. i understand that having such a router i can get the internet in more then one computer...?

2. what do i need? :-P i mean what should i look for. i guess that it should be 100Mbps router, but what else should i look at?

thanks in advance for help,

regards,
Tomo
 
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Your network connection is capable of getting 100 mbps, however most isp's don't even offer that fast of internet access. I have comcast and my speed package is only 20 mbps. How fast is your internet connection? Do a speedtest here.

www.speedtest.net
 
johnb35 said:
Your network connection is capable of getting 100 mbps, however most isp's don't even offer that fast of internet access. I have comcast and my speed package is only 20 mbps. How fast is your internet connection? Do a speedtest here.

www.speedtest.net
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oh i didn¨t know about it. it's not even 20 in my case...
and what about this?
http://www.netgear.com/Products/Wir...mpleSharing/WGR614.aspx?detail=Specifications
it's a lot cheaper, why is that, numbers look tha same...
 
I have a previous model (specifically a WRT54G) and I have had it for 5 or 6 years. It works great, and when I need a new router, I would go for a Linksys, probably that one, unless a better one comes out.
 
tomo said:
i read some pretty good reviews... why is it s**t?
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They just don't work for me. My Uncle has one, and my iPod Touch never connects, and I have to reset it to force it to accept my computer. Then, it disconnects my computer a lot, and I have to reconnect it.
 
tomo said:
i read some pretty good reviews... why is it shit?
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bkribbs said:
They just don't work for me. My Uncle has one, and my iPod Touch never connects, and I have to reset it to force it to accept my computer. Then, it disconnects my computer a lot, and I have to reconnect it.
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For the same reasons above. Almost every Netgear I've got either came DOA, and if they didnt it would start constantly losing connection.
 
I have one of those netgears that a client of mine bought and their laptop wouldn't even work about 30 feet away from the router with only one bend around a corner. They are crap. I gave them my linksys wrt54g router which I loved and use the netgear one for a while until I can buy the upgraded wrt54gl router.

Stay away from belkin as well.
 
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